Assigjtoe op one-half



G. E. HEISS.

SASH WEIGHT.

(No Model.\

Patented Apr. 8, 1884.

UNITED Srnrns harass Citron,

CHARLES EBERHARD HEISS, OF CHICAGO, ILLINCIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES N. RAYMOND, OF SAME PLACE.

SASH-WEIG'HT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 296,410,. dated April 8, 1884.

Application filed December 20, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES EBERHARD HEIss, a citizen of the United States, and residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Sash-\Veights, which is fully set forth in the following specification,

reference being had to the accompan ying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents an elevation of a sashweight composed of two of my improved weights hinged together; Fig. 2, a section of the same, taken on the line am, Fig. l; and Fig. 3, an elevation of one of my improved sashweights in single form.

My invention relates to the construction of weights which are attached to window-sashes for balancing the latter in a usual and wellknown way.

It consists in such a weight having a body of some suitable solid material with a hole through it from end to end, and a separatelyforined bolt passing through this hole and se cured at its ends, and serving to attach the weight to the cord or to another similar weight, the object being to provide for making the body of the weight of inexpensive material, and at the same time having its attachment strong and durable, and also to provide a convenient means of flexibly connecting several such weights.

I will proceed to describe in detail the construction and operation of my invention when put in practical form, and will then point out definitely in the claims the special improvement which I believe to be new and wish to protect by Letters Patent.

In the drawings, A represents the weight or the main body of the weight. It is made of lead, preferably, and I cast it under pressure, so as to increase the amount of metal in a given space, and thereby increase the weight as coinpared with ordinary casting. This main body is provided with a hole, a, extending through it lengthwise and centrally. It may be made in the process of casting or bored out after casting, as desired. I prefer the former mode. The shape of the weight may be, as desired, either round, rectangular, or polygonal. The bolt 13, of iron or other material, is made of such size and length asto fit the hole through the weight and extend entirely through the latter. On one end of this boltis aloop or ring, b, and the other end is threaded for a-short distance, as shown at b in Fig. 2 of. the drawings. This bolt is inserted in the hole in the weight and fastened in place by means of the nut C, which is turned on its projecting threaded end, a washer, D, being first put on the end of the bolt. 'If desired, by turning up the nut tightly, the lead body will be firmly held between it and the ring head on the other end of the bolt, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The loop or ring at the end of the bolt provides a convenient means for fastening the cord to the weight, and at the same time it is obvious that breakage or any derangement of theparts is almost impossible in the ordinary I use to which these weights are subjected. It will also be seen that with this improvement I am enabled to use lead for the weight, which is a very desirable metal for this purpose, but is objectionable when the fastening loop or ringis cast with the body, as the fastening is not strong if made of a convenient size. The openings into the pockets in which the weights are placed and in which they move up and down are usually small, and it is impossible to introduce a weight of much length, so that it is sometimes a problem to obtain a weight in a single piece sufficiently heavy for a large sash. With my improvement the weight may be made in sections, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, and linked together, the sections being made very short. In this construction the bolt of the upper section, A, should have a loop or ring at each end, so that the ring of the next section, E, may be connected to it, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. If more than two sections are used, the bolts of all except the last or lower section must of course have loops or rings at each end. This weight,

constructed in sections linked together, is of course flexible at the joints, and obviously this facilitates the introduction of the weight into the pockets, and so I am enabled to make the weight as heavy as desired without increasing its section accordinglyand without hindering its introduction into the pockets through the usual opening. I

Some changes may be made in the precise detail of construction herein shown and de-- scribed without materially changing the nature of my invention; and I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to every detail in construction mentioned above, or to lead as the material from which the weights are to be made.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A sash weight composed of a solid and separate body having a hole through it from end and means whereby it is secured to the.

body at the other, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A sash-weight body, A, of lead cast under pressure, having a hole, a, extending 20 CHARLES EBERHARD HEISS.

"Witnesses: W. O. CoRLIEs, A. M. Bnsr. 

